Japan
33 authors

Kōbō Abe
Japanese· 1924–1993

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese· 1892–1927

Matsuo Bashō
Early Modern Japanese· 1644–1694

Kamo no Chōmei
Classical Japanese· 1153/1155–1216
Osamu Dazai
Japanese· 1909–1948

Shūsaku Endō
Japanese· 1923–1996

Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese· 1886–1942

Junji Ito
Japanese· b. 1963

Kan'ami Kiyotsugu
Classical Japanese· 1333–1384

Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese· 1899–1972

Mieko Kawakami
Japanese· b. 1976

Kenkō
Classical Japanese· 1283–1350

Yukio Mishima
Japanese· 1925–1970

Zeami Motokiyo
Classical Japanese· c. 1363 - c. 1443

Haruki Murakami
Japanese· b. 1949

Murasaki Shikibu
Classical Japanese· 973–1020

Sayaka Murata
Japanese· b. 1979

Tsutomu Nihei
Japanese· b. 1971
Aya Nishitani
Japanese· b. 1955

Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese· 1935–2023
Yōko Ogawa
Japanese· b. 1962
Fuyumi Ono
Japanese· b. 1960

Katsuhiro Otomo
Japanese· b. 1954
Hiroko Oyamada
Japanese· born 1983

Lady Sarashina (Takasue's daughter)
Japanese· c. 1008–c. 1058

Kazuko Shiraishi
Japanese· 1931–2024

Sei Shōnagon
Classical Japanese· 966–1015

Natsume Sōseki
Japanese· 1867–1916

Yoko Tawada
Japanese, German· b. 1960

Emi Yagi
Japanese· b. 1988

Satoshi Yagisawa
Japanese· b. 1977

Eiji Yoshikawa
Japanese· 1892–1962

Asako Yuzuki
Japanese· b. 1981